melbas jammin

I can't imagine what it is. I don't think I've ever experienced it --
then again, I don't have my stuff in my house for more than about 5-6
months. :-/ Maybe my friends are seeing it -- though no one's ever
mentioned it.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

melbas jammin

LOL! Reminds me of a story: Net friend procured some stuff from me
and said she was clearing out a place in her garage for it. . . . . I
damn near choked and shot back a note telling her NOT TO DO THAT! Oy!
She lives in Twentynine Palms, California. . . . . I told her to shove
the boxes under her bed and make a note on her calendar in November
(gifts) so she'd remember what the heck she did with it. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

kathi jones

well, I've had it happen to me too. I keep all my stuff in the cool
ba*****t, out of any natural light - so it's mostly dark all the time. It
is more obvious in the lighter coloured jams and jellies - peach, apricot,
marmalade, apple jelly - but it has been visible in things like strawberry
jam too. Never saw it in salsas or relishes or vinegar based things.....
I've always thought it was because of age...But like Susan, didn't really
'clock' the storage vs.discolouration....

Hmmmmm.....

Kathi

pheasant

Sorry about the late post. Just back from taking daughter to the USAFA
in Co. Springs. (Daddy cried more than she did.)

We make a pickle of equal parts sugar and vinegar. Heat to boiling and
pour over previously cut up beets. (I love 'em so won't ** them.)

BWB for whatever book recommends and away you go. We like to add 3-4
cloves per jar or they are pretty bland.
If you like picking spice is ok too, but plain cloves is what we add.

My bunnies are eating the leaves of mine, hope they leave enough for me
to pickle.

melbas jammin

I'll be using Edrena's recipe, I think. I've just pressure-cooked 3
bunches of smallish ones. Bleah! I didn't get to the liquor store
yesterday to buy wine; will do that tomorrow. Bought green beans to
pickle at the farmers market at 8:00, went to Tarzhay and Cub and took
care of business there and made it to 9:30 church. Now it's time for a
nap. I'll snip the beans tonight or tomorrow. Prolly tomorrow. :-)

-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

george shirley

We have about enough figs to make a 5 pint batch of fig jam so reckon
we'll do that pretty soon. The beets came out just about right, I had
one jar only half full so refrigerated it and had some for my lunch
today with a sammich. Right tasty and truly the only way I like beets.
Miz Anne would dirt if I put some butter on it. <VBG>

George

virginia tadrzynski

Okay, I am starting this up here as well.....Do you ever make red beet eggs,
George?
-ginny

george shirley

Nope, hard-boiled eggs adversely affect my digestive system, therefore I
avoid them. Used to eat them in the "men's" bars in New England back in
the late fifties. Generally made by the local bar owner or his help.
Went well with pickled polish sausage and about ten liters of beer.

Historical Note: Men's bars were just that, a bar that catered to men
only, generally construed by the hoity toity to mean "working class"
men. White tile floor, walls, and ceiling, one bathroom at the end of
the bar farthest from the street. A nice mahogany or oak bar that ran
the length of the room and a brass foot rail. Ashtrays every few feet on
the bar and spitoons every few feet by the foot rail. Whole bar might be
30 or 40 feet long and about 10 to 15 feet wide. Served beer and whiskey
shots, no mixed drinks. Free lunch with cold cuts, cheeses, and bread of
various sorts. Beet eggs, polish sausage, crackers, etc. Two bits a
glass for beer, two bits a shot for whiskey. Beer was usually some local
bilge wash like Narragansett. Whiskey was the cheapest stuff sold. No
games, no tables, no chairs, no TV or radio. Just stand at the bar and
get falling-down drunk. Great fun for a young lad from East Texas.

Suspect they disappeared about the time Gloria Steinem was in full voice.

George

brian mailman

If you mean pickled eggs, I do. And I stick in some beets in the brine
for relish plates or salads later.

B/

d.l.

Virgina,
Pickled eggs are a big thing here where we live. No buffet or picnic is
complete without them. I just put the hard boiled eggs in pickled beet
juice. I suppose there is a real recipe but thats how i do them.
Ann